I really don't know why a fuel cell company is patenting designs for automotive fender flares, but it's not my money!

The second thing I thought I'd check is how frequently fuel cell companies sue each other. This IdaTech lawsuit seems to be the first that I've ever noticed. I only found found two other cases on Google:

In 2002 Lynntech Inc. lost a multimillion dollar lawsuit against Hydrogenics Corporation. Lynntech accused Hydrogenics of infringing two United States patents relating to fuel cell testing. The court ruling establishes that Hydrogenics did not infringe either of the asserted Lynntech patents.